Table 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children whose carer is their birth mother: Selected outcomes by Indigenous status of mother in the WA Midwives’ Notification System and WAACHS, Western Australia (a)
|  | Mother’s Indigenous status | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in both WAACHS and Midwives’ Notification System | Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in WAACHS only | Non-Indigenous in both WAACHS and Midwives’ Notification System | |
Proportion living in rented accommodation (Per cent (95% CI)) | 78.5 | 59.4 | 58.5 |
(75.6-81.1) | (50.7-68.2) | (49.2-67.9) | |
Average number of days absent from school (95% CI) | 43.3 | 22.5 | 23.5 |
(40.2-46.3) | (18.8-26.1) | (19.2-27.9) | |
Average test scores (centiles (95% CI))— | |||
Visual-spatial reasoning | 45.8 | 49.7 | 52.0 |
(44.7-47.0) | (47.7-51.7) | (49.6-54.4) | |
Vocabulary | 32.0 | 40.7 | 38.7 |
(30.8-33.3) | (38.4-43.0) | (34.5-42.8) | |
Proportion of low birth weight (<2500 grams) | 13.3 | 10.5 | 9.9 |
(12.0-14.6) | (7.0-14.0) | (7.3-12.5) | |
Proportion of low gestational age (<37 weeks) (Per cent (95% CI)) | 11.0 | 8.6 | 7.5 |
(9.9-12.2) | (5.5-11.7) | (5.2-9.8) | |